I have a bride who wants a caramel wedding cake. We haven't discussed decorations yet. I have a delicious recipe (Caramel Frosting 1 from the recipe box) but this is not a pretty icing. It is impossible to smooth and would never allow borders or anything like that. Does anyone have a recipe that doesn't crust so quickly or recommend a "bought" icing that tastes nice? Could I just add caramel flavoring to BC and use the real caramel as filling? Please share your ideas...

Caramel cake is my absolute favorite. But the icing IS very quick to dry..almost like a penuche. I wonder if you could make a buttercream icing or cream cheese icing with the caramel filling and maybe a pretty caramel glaze or ganache?

you could add some caramel to the buttercream... try nestle caramel top n fill if you can find it.. just a few tablespoons.

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Thanks, I'll try that.

I'm not sure Nati. I just had a bride ask me what I thought about caramel icing. I've never really used it so I thought I would get some advice from the experts. I thought maybe a butter cake? I asked her if she was willing to have a brown icing but I haven't gotten a response from her yet. (email)

What do you think?

this cake is a caramel cake frosted with caramel frosting but the decorations and piping are all buttercream:

(i didn't make this, it's from a bakery)

Thanks for the recipe offer! I'll let you know if I hear back from her. I certainly appreciate all the help. It is so nice to have experienced people to bounce ideas off of.

Choco-pan has a light tan colored, carmel flavored fondant.

www.choco-pan.com

Dede Wilson has a Caramel Rum Cake with Carmelized Walnuts in "The Wedding Cake Book". It looks really pretty. The BC is tan in color, but she did pipe a border with it. Check to see if your library has the book. I've heard from people on CC that they've loved the recipes they've tried from her books.

Hi. Does anyone have the recipe to share? My library doesn't carry the book anymore.

Thanks

Caramel can be overmelmingly sweet.  Have you considered a caramel filling.  I recently did a couple of cakes (chocolate espresso and vanilla) with caramel filling. pls feel free to message me if you would want the caramel recipe

I made a caramel cake recently. It's in my photos if anyone wants to see. The only thing I would do differently this time is to let the sugar caramelise more and NOT use the gelatine that the recipe called for. The filling was mascarpone mixed with a bit of whipped cream and caramel sauce (home made) with the addition of some caramel syrup (Monin). Delicious! Mascarpone makes a smooth, creamy, and glossy frosting that is easy to pipe with. I prefer using mascarpone to butter for two reasons: first it is not too greasy on the mouth and second it does not require a lot of sugar to be used for fillings and toppings. It also has a mechanism that when you add too much sugar, it turns runny. LOL. 

shockolata, interesting that you use marscapone instead of butter -- i don't use a lot of it but isn't it twice the price?

Thank you all for your replies. Actually i need some advice. Im making a 6 layer 6 inch cake (2 6 x 3 pans). Its for my uncles bday so not getting pd. Thinking of making a combo of brown sugar and caramel so thinking of brown sugar cake with caramel bc or visa versa. Im torn on which one. I would love to make a brown sugar IMBC b/c the taste is amazing but its costly; or maybe doing a brown sugar cake with a caramel decorator frosting or even a filling of caramel (homemade).

So i would appreciate any suggestions on flavor combos. Cake and bc/frosting will be from scratch. Will be buying the ingredients tomorrow...cake for Saturday.

Thanks in advance!!

@-K8memphis  Mascarpone 250 g and butter 250 g are exactly the same price in the UK. :)  Here is a picture of my Caramel Lotus cake. The caramel is the lighter coloured filling. The top is caramel jelly - it was meant to be a sauce but I think the recipe was not correct. One could easily make this cake for a wedding and cover it in fondant or use more of the mascarpone caramel frosting to pipe designs.

whoa think i'll place an order -- but the shipping charge would kill me hahaha

in the states -- at least in west tn marscapone is twice the price of butter

mm that looks good

I just checked Walmart in TN (postcode 37024 and 37027) and their mascarpone is 37.3 cent /oz whereas butter is 40.5 cent/oz. Crisco is cheaper but Crisco is not butter. I was shocked to input 'butter' in the store's search engine and be shown margarine upon margarine with all real butters marked as 'out of stock'. I can appreciate that substituting Crisco with mascarpone and reducing icing sugar would raise a bakery's costs, but if your clients are complaining about frostings being too sweet, then mascarpone is the answer.